Antarctica

Scott Base

Scott Base is a research station at on near in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.
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  • Type: Monitoring station
  • Description: New Zealand Antarctic base
  • Also known as: “Scott Base (New Zealand)” and “Scott Base /N.Z./”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Observation Hill and Gap, The.

Peak
Photo: Gmarsden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a steep 754-foot hill adjacent to in and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.

Mountain saddle
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Volcano
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hut Point Peninsula and Fortress Rocks.

Locality
Photo: Mike Martoccia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the .

Locality
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Scott Base

Latitude
-77.8501° or 77° 51′ 0″ south
Longitude
166.769° or 166° 46′ 8″ east
Population
76
Elevation
1,009 metres (3,310 feet)
Inception
March 9th, 1957
Operator
Antarctica New Zealand, LINZ
Open location code
2VJ84QX9+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9270777816
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­monitoring_station
Geo­Names ID
6620787
Wiki­data ID
Q1136714
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Scott Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة سكوت”
  • Arabic: “محطة سكوت”
  • Catalan: “Base de Scott”
  • Catalan: “Base Scott”
  • Cebuano: “Scott Base”
  • Chinese: “史考特基地”
  • Chinese: “斯科特基地”
  • Czech: “polární stanice Scott”
  • Czech: “Scottova základna”
  • Dutch: “Basis Scott”
  • Finnish: “Scott Base”
  • French: “base antarctique Scott”
  • French: “Base antarctique Scott”
  • French: “Base Scott”
  • French: “Scott Base”
  • German: “Scott Base”
  • German: “Scott-Basis”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס סקוט”
  • Hungarian: “Scott kutatóállomás”
  • Italian: “Base antartica Scott”
  • Italian: “Base Scott”
  • Italian: “Scott Base”
  • Japanese: “スコット基地”
  • Korean: “스콧 기지”
  • Latvian: “Scott Base”
  • Latvian: “Skota”
  • Macedonian: “База „Скот“”
  • Macedonian: “Скот”
  • Mongolian: “Скотт бааз”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Scott Base”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scott-basen”
  • Norwegian: “Scott (NZ)”
  • Norwegian: “Scott Base”
  • Norwegian: “Scott”
  • Persian: “پایگاه اسکات”
  • Polish: “Scott Base”
  • Portuguese: “Base Scott”
  • Romanian: “Scott”
  • Russian: “Скотт-Бейс”
  • Russian: “Скотт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Scottova baza”
  • Spanish: “Base Scott”
  • Spanish: “Scott Base”
  • Swedish: “Scott Base”
  • Turkish: “Scott Üssü”
  • Ukrainian: “Скотт”
  • Western Frisian: “Basis Scott”

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